SPHERIC 2022 International Workshop

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SPHERIC, the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics rEsearch and engineeRing International Community, stimulates research and facilitates exchange of ideas among developers and users of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). Activities include the yearly international workshop, newsletters, journal special issues, prizes, and networking. Any institution or company with an interest in SPH can become a member, free of charge. SPHERIC is a Special Interest Group (SIG) of ERCOFTAC, the European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion.

The SPHERIC International Workshops are annual global events focusing exclusively on the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method and its ecosystem, that has been growing in recent years as a rich field for research and applications in scientific computing and computational fluid dynamics. The community particularly welcomes work that addresses the SPHERIC Grand Challenges (GC). Research topics include, but are not limited to:

Applicability to industry defines the aspects of SPH which must be advanced to foster the method’s diffusion and adoption in the industry. The following indicative list of application domains is by no means complete, and the Workshop welcomes presentations on progress of SPH into new fields:

The successful concept of SPHERIC is due to a methodological focus on an interdisciplinary application environment, integrating the know-how of physicists, mathematicians, IT experts and engineers from academia and industry. Dedicated to the aim of stimulating an enhanced direct exchange of ideas between the community of SPH researchers, the International SPHERIC Workshop follows a single-track format.

On behalf of the organizing team, it is our pleasure and honor to invite you to the 16th International SPHERIC Workshop. We are looking forward to sharing a successful and enjoyable meeting with you!

Local Organizing Committee

Scientific Committee

To present your work at the SPHERIC workshop, you need to submit a 1-page abstract for peer-review. Upon notice of abstract acceptance, a full length paper is also requested and will be published in the proceedings. Please see below for more info.

Abstract submission: Abstracts should be one (1) page long and must include at least one illustrative figure outlining the quality of the results. A comparison with reference solutions is strongly encouraged. A sample abstract can be found here. The PDF version of your abstract should be submitted via email at spheric2022@ingv.it on or before February 18, 2022, 11:00 PM EST. The email should have SPHERIC 2022 Abstract - "Last Name of Corresponding Author" as object and also state:

Review process: Abstracts will be reviewed by at least three SPH experts. Notification of acceptance for publication will be given on or before March 21, 2022 The quality of the abstracts will be assessed using averaged ratings for 3 equally important criteria.

For fundamental SPH research, the criteria are (1) novelty, (2) applicability / expected impact, and (3) improvements / quality of results. For practical applications the criteria are (1) novelty, (2) usability, and (3) competitiveness. Details about the criteria applied in evaluating the submissions can be found in the new guide for authors and reviewers. (Please note that there have been some changes to the criteria compared to previous workshops, particularly for applications of SPH.)

Full paper: After notification of abstract acceptance, authors must prepare a full 8-page-or-less paper according to the Word (here) or LaTeX (here) SPHERIC templates. It is important NOT to put any page numbers in the paper. It is also recommended not to spend too much space on basic SPH equations on the paper, since the readers are assumed to know the SPH fundamentals. At least one author must register for the workshop by no later than May 6, 2022. This author will be the presenter at the workshop. There is a maximum of one presentation for each delegate during the workshop. Papers with no registered authors by May 6, 2022 will NOT be published in the workshop proceedings and will lose their presentation slots. Full-length PDF papers should be submitted via email at spheric2022@ingv.it on or before April 29, 2022. The email should have SPHERIC 2022 Article - "Last Name of Corresponding author" as object.

Presentation: Session and presentation format is discussed with the conference programme.

Libersky student prize: The Libersky Prize is awarded at every SPHERIC Workshop for the best work by a student, based on their presentations and papers, as judged by the Scientific Committee. All students who present at the Workshop are considered for the award, which is named in honour of Prof. Larry Libersky, one of the pioneers of SPH in engineering. Student authors who would like to sign up for the student prize should indicate it in the email during the submission of the paper. To be eligible for the student prize, the student must be the first author on the paper, present the work and attend the final ceremony. Below are the previous recipients of the Prize, all of whom achieved significant advances in SPH.

There are several hotels and B&Bs within walking distance of the main venue. You may find discounted rates with the reservation code “SPHERIC 2022” at the ones listed below. Availability is limited, so please make sure you book your reservation as soon as possible.

Catania is an attractive destination for tourism, both monumental and naturalistic. The city center is rich in monuments with both historical and architectural significance, all within walking distance of the workshop venue, starting from the Monastero dei Benedettini itself and the adjacent church of San Nicolò l’Arena.

As part of the registration, we will offer you a tour of either the city center or the Monastery and church (your option) in the afternoon of June 8, 2022.

For the nature lovers, Catania offers both rocky and sandy beaches, reachable by bus, and of course Mt Etna, the tallest (and largest subaerial) active volcano in Europe, with several interesting trekking destinations.

The Training Day is targeted to people with little or no experience on SPH, and to those of you who want to get a grasp on the practical applications of the method, with hands-on experience with well-established numerical codes implementing SPH. The program covers a theoretical introduction to the SPH method and some of its more challenging and stimulating aspects (morning sessions), and a hands-on practical session in the afternoon.

Practical session (afternoon): The practical session will be centered around the upcoming version 6 of GPUSPH. Computers will be provided on-location, but you can bring your own laptop for the training day. Supported operating systems are Linux and macOS. Windows is supported through the WSL. Version 6 of GPUSPH also runs on CPU, so it’s not necessary to have an NVIDIA GPU. On Windows, WSL2 is needed if you have an NVIDIA GPU and intend to run GPUSPH on it.

It is possible to register for the Training Day independently from the rest of the workshop.

The conference is organized in plenary sessions with 3 or 4 presentations each. This allows delegates to follow the full programme without missing any contribution. Non-keynote oral presentations are 12 minutes each, back-to-back, with a common Questions & Answers/panel discussion at the end of the session.

We kindly ask authors to ensure that their presentation does not overstep the assigned time slot, out of respect for their colleagues. Session chairs will notify presenters 5 minutes from the end, 2 minutes from the end, and at the end of the available presentation time.

The recommended aspect ratio for presentations is 16:9, which is native the projector, but 4:3 aspect ratios are supported too.

There will be a computer available to all presenters, running Windows 11 and supporting presentations in PDF and PowerPoint format. To avoid unnecessary delays, please upload your presentation to the common machine before the beginning of your session (e.g. during the preceding coffee break). We also recommend testing it (especially if there are animations) to verify that it works correctly.

It will also be possible to connect your laptop to the projector through an available HDMI cable. Please remember to bring an adapter if you wish to run the presentation from your laptop and your machine does not have a native HDMI port.

The registration form can be found here. Payments can be made by bank transfers or by credit card.

To pay by bank transfer, please select Bank transfer as Payment method in the registration form ☚, and input the Transaction Reference Number (TRN) of the bank operation in the corresponding field.

Bank transfer should be paid to:

CONSORZIO COMETA
Viale Vittorio Veneto n. 98 - Catania - AGENZIA SEDE
IBAN: IT 64 I 01030 16900 000063633612
BIC / SWIFT code: PASCITMMCAT

Please specify SPHERIC 2022 / participant full name as reason for payment.

For credit card payments, our processor (SumUp) uses a pay-by-link system. Please select Credit card as Payment method in the registration form ☚. After the form is submitted, you will receive an email with a private link through which you can complete the operation. (Please allow up to two business days for the link to be sent. If you do not receive the link within the next two business days, please send an email to cometa.segreteria@consorzio-cometa.it or spheric2022@ingv.it. The Early Bird fees will be applied as long as the form was submitted by April 22, 2022, even if you receive the link at a later date.)